Is it always compassionate to make critique?

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Is it always compassionate to speak the truth of one's mind (in critique)?

Here are my thoughts. Sanskrit words can have various meanings.

Citta: this word can mean psyche. It is said by a certain siddhi, someone elses psyche can be seen.

Vritti: Can mean attitude. It has been said that the deeper purport or more correctly, attitude of something, cannot be read by the same siddhi.

For example we may understand the psyche of something, by its movement, words, expressions, behavious etc. But we may not have such depth of vision of why something exists (its attitude or purport). That we can only speculate from our own mind experience (citta).

The attitude has been developed over an inconceivable period. The psyche is more relevant to a shorter cause and effect. The citta has sometimes been called heart, because the mind stuff colored by the modes of nature paints itself upon the heart.

When we make critique of someones religious faith or felt spirituality, is it compassionate (considering the above)? Do we really understand the purport of the religious tradition, or the vritti of someones spiritual makeup, and why it exists at all?

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